Table 32. Poultry - Inventory and Number Sold: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
INVENTORY 
NUMBER SOLD - Con. 
Layers (see text) 
3,821 
52,218,870 
2,966 
53,793,712 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
124 
21,603,577 
86 
15,035,973 
1 to 49 
3,246 
56,119 
2,403 
43,228 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
283 
17,368 
286 
17,639 
1 to 1 ,999 
67 
4,611 
51 
2,856 
1 00 to 399 
147 
23,499 
143 
22,561 
2,000 to 15,999 
12 
75,150 
7 
56,950 
400 to 3,199 
31 
41,984 
30 
40,571 
16,000 to 29,999 
5 
103,500 
4 
89,000 
3,200 to 9,999 
40 
261,384 
40 
250,985 
30,000 to 59,999 
18 
800,000 
8 
343,546 
10,000 to 19,999 
18 
256,921 
9 
124,310 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
247,650 
6 
172,699 
100,000 or more 
22 
20,620,316 
16 
14,543,621 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
659,992 
8 
668,628 
100,000 or more 
40 
50,653,953 
41 
52,453,091 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
704 
10,572,270 
598 
10,257,286 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
499 
12,565,630 
425 
11,404,869 
1 to 1 ,999 
663 
77,906 
542 
95,892 
2,000 to 15,999 
19 
97,282 
27 
220,543 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
2 
(D) 
6 
300,851 
chickens 
730 
1,948,950 
738 
1,803,429 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
100,000 to 199,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Turkeys (see text) 
402 
4,383,172 
417 
4,002,111 
200,000 to 299,999 
1 
(D) 
3 
799,000 
300,000 to 499,999 
8 
3,415,000 
7 
2,998,000 
Chukars 
12 
8,357 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
8 
6,402,000 
9 
5,598,000 
Ducks 
458 
7,495 
745 
10,647 
Turkeys (see text) 
229 
10,908,278 
235 
8,682,434 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
15 
204 
38 
315 
1 to 1,999 
133 
5,841 
156 
(D) 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Geese 
242 
2,637 
460 
5,866 
8,000 to 15,999 
5 
65,480 
4 
45,475 
16,000 to 29,999 
8 
170,745 
7 
136,361 
Guineas 
190 
1,961 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
17 
682,199 
18 
733,967 
60,000 to 99,999 
16 
1 ,332,244 
15 
1,183,506 
Hungarian partridge 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
50 
8,651,769 
33 
6,566,905 
Ostriches 
4 
36 
12 
270 
Chukars 
12 
7,336 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
125 
1,899 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
145 
5,613 
175 
4,866 
Pheasants 
51 
40,725 
99 
44,001 
Emus 
10 
163 
9 
225 
Pigeons or squabs 
39 
2,452 
103 
7,315 
Geese 
55 
2,073 
82 
1,037 
Quail 
30 
43,938 
63 
41,573 
Guineas 
38 
814 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
3 
8 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
148 
100,791 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
3 
23 
8 
61 
Other poultry (see text) 
12 
3,271 
584 
14,274 
Peacocks or peahens 
26 
620 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
42 
49,446 
61 
110,925 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
14 
781 
34 
6,264 
Layers (see text) 
643 
33,196,639 
508 
23,477,649 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
20 
175,208 
41 
(D) 
1 to 99 
482 
10,424 
385 
10,154 
100 to 399 
33 
6,311 
53 
7,704 
Rheas 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
37 
51,700 
16 
25,245 
3,200 to 9,999 
34 
221,452 
19 
99,356 
Roosters 
50 
75,481 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
11 
145,386 
4 
43,533 
20,000 to 49,999 
12 
329,650 
4 
103,066 
Other poultry (see text) 
8 
3,013 
101 
48,913 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
194,000 
6 
507,094 
100,000 or more 
31 
32,237,716 
21 
22,681,497 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
380 
138,060,064 
346 
135,803,216 
Table 33. Aquaculture Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Catfish 
8 
(D) 
sas 
270 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
3 
403 
633 
Ornamental fish 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
6 
167 
22 
Sport or game fish 
11 
2,575 
16 
1,381 
Baitfish 
3 
(□) 
55 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
23 
4,330 
10 
1,145 
Crustaceans 
- 
- 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 25 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
